Democratic Left Scotland is the continuation in Scotland of Democratic Left

Democratic Left (United Kingdom)

Democratic Left was a post-communist political organisation in the United Kingdom during the 1990s, growing out of the Eurocommunist strand within the Communist Party of Great Britain and its magazine Marxism Today...

, the organisation formed when the Communist Party of Great Britain

Communist Party of Great Britain

The Communist Party of Great Britain was the largest communist party in Great Britain, although it never became a mass party like those in France and Italy. It existed from 1920 to 1991.-Formation:...

 was dissolved in 1991. DLS was founded in May 1998.

While DLS's sister organisation in England and Wales later renamed itself the New Politics Network

New Politics Network

The New Politics Network was an independent political and campaigning think tank in the United Kingdom, concerned with democratic renewal and popular participation in politics...

 and has since merged into the think tank Unlock Democracy

Unlock Democracy

Unlock Democracy is a UK pressure group, based in Islington, in London. The organisation campaigns for a more participatory democracy in the UK, founded upon a written constitution. Unlock Democracy works to promote democratic reform across the political spectrum and is not aligned with any...

, DLS is still active as part of the left. It publishes an occasional magazine, Perspectives.

The organisation's slogan is "There's more to politics than parties", but some of its members do participate in other parties, such as the Scottish Socialist Party

Scottish Socialist Party

The Scottish Socialist Party is a left-wing Scottish political party. Positioning itself significantly to the left of Scotland's centre-left parties, the SSP campaigns on a socialist economic platform and for Scottish independence....

 and Scottish Green Party

Scottish Green Party

The Scottish Green Party is a green party in Scotland. It has two MSPs in the devolved Scottish Parliament, Alison Johnstone, representing Lothian, and Patrick Harvie, for Glasgow.-Organisation:...

, including Mark Ballard

Mark Ballard

Mark Ballard is a former Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Lothians region between 2003 and 2007, representing the Scottish Green Party and was Lord Rector of the University of Edinburgh between 2006 and 2009...

, former Green Party Member of the Scottish Parliament

Member of the Scottish Parliament

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 for Lothians. Two City of Edinburgh councillors are members of DLS.